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PE&RC Messages

 Number 3 - Year 2010

31 March 2010

Contents

 
  1. PE&RC PhD courses

  2. PE&RC Weekend
  3. Skills and competences courses organized by Wageningen Graduate School (WGS)
  4. Other courses
  5. Symposia, Lectures, Workshops. Seminars and other activities

  6. Position Announcements

  7. Other News

 

 

1. PE&RC PhD courses                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

2. PE&RC Weekend (16-18 April 2010) -  Only 5 places available!

       
The idea of this weekend is to make PhD students more familiar with the Graduate School and to give them an idea of what to expect during the PhD track and how to avoid major catastrophes
        and disappointments. Focus will be on the pit-falls you can encounter during the PhD and what the criteria are for a successful PhD within 4 years. For more information click here.
 

3. Skills and competences courses organized by Wageningen Graduate School (WGS) 

  • Information Literacy  ( 27 & 28 April)

  • Effective behaviour in your professional surroundings  ( 28 April en 19 May) (deadline for registration 6 April)

  • PhD Competence Assessment  11 May  (individual meeting 22, 23 or 24 June)

  • Presentation Skills : (12 & 26 May)
  • Mobilising your –scientific- network ( 3 June & 10 June 2010 )(deadline for registration 28 May)
  • Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research: ( 3, 10 & 17 June)  (deadline for registration 29 April)
  • Information Literacy  (15 and 16 June) 

         For more information please click here

4. Others courses  

  • Master Class and Seminars ‘Technology, Culture and Society: interdisciplinary perspectives’ ( 8,15,27 April 2010) The Netherlands
     
    8 April 2010 at 16.00 hours, Mansholtroom Seminar Marina Temudo: 'Family rice' or 'white peoples rice'? Varietal selection criteria among Guinea-Bissau farmers

    15 April 2010 at 16.00 hours, Room V80 Seminar Ramon Sarró: 'Religious change in a rice farming society'

    27 April 2010 from 14.00-17.30 hours, Room V80 Master Class for PhD candidates, organised by the TAD-group (Technology and Agrarian Development)
    PhD candidates are invited to register Please send an email to Marcella Haan or Heleen Danen of the graduate school MG3S/CERES before April 6 (send a email to Heleen.Danen@wur.nl or Marcella.Haan@wur.nl
     

  • Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research: Intervision and Communication Skills ( 3, 10 and 17 June 2010)  Dr. E. Cocheret de la Morinière
     
    organized by  Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS) and CERES. For more information please go to this website.
     

  • Organization and Leadership for PhD. students (May 19; June 2, 3, 14, 15, 16, 28, 29, 30) Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Professionals such as PhD.students are inccreasingly expected to take on a leadership role in the organization such as being coordinator of a project. This 9 days course give the participants the opportunity to learn about organization processes and leadership. For more information please click here.

     

  • Sustainable Development Diplomacy ( 6 to 20 June - Utrecht / Wageningen - the Netherlands). The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University (Boston), Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre) , and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality (LNV), in cooperation with the Sustainability Challenge Foundation (SCF), have organized a first of its kind two-week executive education course on Sustainable Development Diplomacy.  The purpose of the course is to provide (future) leaders in the public, private or non-profit sectors, with a combination of theory and practice of sustainable development diplomacy. The course aims to teach experienced mid-career civil servants and diplomats as well as excellent Masters and PhD students. Please note that there are scholarships available for Wageningen University students.  The deadline for application is Thursday, 15 April 2010.  For more information, please contact Barbara.kolijn@wur.nl or Viv Mestdagh of SCF viv.mestdagh@tiasnimbas.edu . See preliminary schedule

     

  • 6th International School of Conservation Biology (iSCB) (23 June - 1 July 2010) Rovinj, Croatia. For graduate and post-graduate students interested in the field of Conservation Biology. Registration is opened and available on-line at: www.hbd1885.hr/iscb . For more information please contact T.Hengl.
     
  • GEOSTAT 2010 Summer School, (27 June - 4 July 2010) - University of Plasencia, Spain. For more information please click here.
     
  • Integrated Assessment of Agricultural Systems (IAAS) for a Sustainable Development  (5 - 10 September 2010) , Montpellier, France - Organized by: CIHEAM-IAMM (France), Montpellier Supagro (France) and SEAMLESS the Association (The Netherlands) Chairs: Hatem Belhouchette (IAMM), Jacques Wery (Montpellier SupAgro) and Martin van Ittersum (SEAMLESS Association, Wageningen University). For more information click here
 

5. Symposia, Lectures, Workshops and Seminars, 

  • Workshop VGI for SDI? Voluntary geographic information for spatial data infrastructures? (16 April 2010) Wageningen University, Wageningen- The Netherlands
    Participation is free of charge. For registration, please send an email to Antoinette Stoffers (Antoinette.Stoffers@wur.nl). Poster
     
  • 3rd National Ecogenomics Day Netherlands Ecogenomics Research Organisation (NERO)  (21 April 2010) Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, 1011 JV Amsterdam
    Keynote speaker: Laurent Keller - Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne with the thema:  “Evolutionary genetics of social life”

    Please send your abstracts with author names and affiliation (250 words max.) to Jan.Kammenga@wur.nl or dick.roelofs@falw.vu.nl 
     

  • Career Event for Bio, Chemistry, Food & Pharma (20 May 2010), Amsterdam RAI - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BCF Event is the largest career fair for Bio, Chemistry, Food & Pharma in The Netherlands. It is thé meeting place for everyone who is or wants to be active in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Food or Pharma. BCF Event offers you the opportunity to come into direct contact with a broad range of employers in the sector, but also with other organisations which can help further your career. For more information please go to the site.
     

  • Plant Population Biology: Crossing Borders (13–15  May 2010) - Nijmegen, The Netherlands.  An international Plant Ecology conference hosted by the Radboud University Nijmegen and the Netherlands Institute of Ecology. For more information please click here

  • KNPV spring meeting (16 June 2010, from 10-22 hr),  Hotel Hof van Wageningen-  Wageningen, The Netherlands. For more information go to:  www.knpv.org/en

  • Environmental Systems Analysis (June 21– 25, 2010), Eawag Dübendorf, Switzerland, The Eawag Summer School “Environmental Systems Analysis” provides an introduction to model-based data analysis in the environmental sciences. It covers model construction, sensitivity analysis, frequentist and Bayesian inference, and stimation of model prediction uncertainty. The course consists of lectures covering the underlying theory, practice sessions based on didactical exercises, and discussion of problems of the participants. The participants are encouraged to bring their data sets and models to start working on their own problems during the course.  More Information.
     
  • 19th World Congress of Soil Science  (1-6 August 2010)  Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre - Australia -  The conference theme “Soil Solutions for a Changing World” provides a tremendous opportunity for a broad range of presentations.  Registration for the 19th World Congress of Soil Science is open 
     
  • Workshop "Wildlife surveillance using GPS: From movement tracking to behavior recognition " at the Measuring Behavior conference (24 - 27 August 2010)  Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
    For registration and further information, please go to: http://www.measuringbehavior.org/mb2010/workshops .
     
  • 13th ISBE meeting  (26 September 2010) Perth - Australia. The congress is hosted by the Centre for Evolutionary Biology, at the University of Western Australia For more information please click here.
     
  • ECSA 47 Symposium (14 to 19 of September 2010) Figueira da Foz, PortugalOrganizes: IMAR – Institute of Marine Research, University of Coimbra, and the Centre of Oceanography, University of Lisbon.  The symposium will contribute to provide an overview of the current situation through examples from each of the continents. Moreover, the organizers aim at contributing to bring together, in a proper setting, science, management and decision making. For registration, abstract submission, and all information regarding ECSA 47 please click here
     
  • Scaling and Governance Conference 2010 (10 - 12 Nov. 2010)  Hof van Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Policies have many impacts on environmental and human processes at different spatial and temporal scales. Climate change, biodiversity, energy consumption, water resource management, and food security are a few of the many examples illustrating the complex multi-scale interactions within and between environmental and human processes. This observation fits well within a long history of disappointments in policy and management related to our environment and indicates that scale sensitive governance approaches are required.

    Wageningen University invites participants of the conference to discuss integrative concepts, methodologies, and case studies related to scaling and governance issues in complex systems. Anticipated outcomes of the conference include an international research agenda and recommendations for scale-sensitive governance approaches. Abstract submission deadline: May 31, 2010. 
    For more information please click here.
          Studium Generale   LA13 (Lawickse Allee 13) Wageningen, The Netherlands
  • Lecture series:  Governability, Political Stability and Peace for the Pakistan - Afghanistan Region, Christa Meindersma (Adjunct Director of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies) Thursday April 1st, 20:00, Location: LA-13  How governable is Pakistan and what does its stability have to do with conflicts in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the region? How realistic is micro-managing a solution in Afghanistan without taking Pakistan, Kashmir and the longstanding India/ Pakistan border conflicts into consideration? These questions are at the heart of a two-part series where we unravel the political fault lines around Pakistan.   For more information contact: angela.lewis@wur.nl
     
  • Lecture series: Positieve psychologie en samenleving, Jan Walburg (Trimbos-instituut) Tuesday  6 April, 20:00, LA-13,
    For more information contact: adri.bolt@wur.nl 
     

  •  Lecture series: Governability, Political Stability and Peace for the Pakistan - Afghanistan Region, Lecture 2:  Annick van Lookeren Campagne (Policy Advisor to Oxfam Novib on Pakistan and Afghanistan)  Wednesday April 7th, 20:00, LA-13,  Annick van Lookeren Campagne (Policy Advisor to Oxfam Novib on Pakistan and Afghanistan) explores cultural, social and economic complexities of communities in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Find out how failing states, warlord politics and centuries of tribal affiliations shape the region? What do its people need for a peaceful future?

    *Free regional snacks and a taste of local cultures courtesy of Yaqinart www.Yaqinart.com      For more information contact:: angela.lewis@wur.nl

6.  Position Announcements    

  • Postdoctoral Associate Fire and Bark Beetle Interactions in Greater Yellowstone Overview. :
    A 2-yr position is available for a postdoctoral associate to join a long-term research effort in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the laboratory of Dr. Monica G. Turner, Department of Zoology. For additional information about ongoing research in Yellowstone please click here.  See position announcement.
     
  • Two postdoctoral positions - Ecophysiology and Modelling of Eucalypt Woodland Decline: University of Western Australia, School of Plant Biology

    The Ecophysiology postdoc will investigate if climate-induced abiotic stress is implicated in the eucalypt decline phenomena, and study possible links between abiotic stress and the incidence of pest and disease.  Supervision: Prof Erik Veneklaas (evenekla@plants.uwa.edu.au)  and Asst Prof Pieter Poot.

    The Ecological Modelling postdoc will construct models for simulating important ecological and physiological processes affecting trees in woodlands and forests. The models will be based on information provided by ecologists, physiologists, pathologists, climatologists etc, and will be used to understand and predict the effects and interactions of possible causes for declines in tree health, such as changing climate, plant pathogens and insects. Supervision: Asst Prof Michael Renton (michael.renton@uwa.edu.au ) and Prof Erik Veneklaas.

     

    For further information and instructions on how to apply, please see http://www.jobs.uwa.edu.au/  for both positions. Closing date is 16 April 2010.
     

  • Interdisciplinary Research Opportunity — Multi-Agent Modelling for an Agrarian Society — The interdisciplinary research centre REEDS at the UVSQ*, wishes to recruit two persons at post-doctoral or research officer level, for work on a novel interdisciplinary research project to develop a multi-agent model for a Neolithic agrarian society. For details click here
     

  • Director International Foundation for Science (IFS) IFS is registered as a Swedish NGO. For more information please go to the IFS website: www.ifs.se 

    Application can be send by email with attachments to NewDirector@ifs.se  More information on IFS programme, organisation and administration as well as terms and conditions for the position will be provided, upon request, by the outgoing Director, Dr. Michael Ståhl (michael.stahl@ifs.se).

 

7. Other News
  • Innovatiechallenge 2010 : Oproep voor deelname aan de Innovatiechallenge Water en Mobiliteit: Bouw jij mee aan een veilige en bereikbare Deltametropool Nederland in het Olympisch jaar 2028? Meer informatie. Inzendingen dienen uiterlijk 15 april 2010 bij de organisatie binnen te zijn, waarna een deskundige jury een winnaar zal kiezen. Deze wordt tijdens het World Congres on Information Technology 2010 bekendgemaakt. Meer informatie: www.wcit2010.com
     
  •  Call for presentations  KNPV spring meeting (16 June 2010, from 10-22 hr),  Hotel Hof van Wageningen-  Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Call for presentations from research, education, industry and policy making about recent developments in crop protection in the widest sense. De best presentation will be awarded with the Jan Ritzema Bos award, worth 1000 euro. Abstracts are due April 1, 2010. During the spring meeting, also the winner of the KNPV photo contest will be announced.

    For more information please go to: www.knpv.org/en   See poster
     

  • Trust Researchers - A declaration to the attention of the European Council of Ministers and the Parliament

    Do you agree that the administrative burden and the financial regulation of European research funding should be simplified?  Sign this declaration- and invite others to join!

    Join our voices across Europe to get this done. The funding of European research should be based on trust and responsible partnering. Today researchers in Europe face a lot of red tape and cumbersome financial regulations. We are not against rules. But we need to simplify. For more information click here

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